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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

December 5, 1926

5 Dec 1926

Leaky Boat Drowns Hoffman, Gross. Louden escapes.

LEAKY BOAT DROWNS TWO; THIRD ESCAPES.One-Arm Man Unable to Bail Fast Enough as Oarsman Pulls to Escape Sinking. Special Dispatch to The Star.MARTINSBURG, W. Va., December 4.— Mrs. Mary Gross, 40 years old, of Dargan, Md., […]

July 17, 1925

17 Jul 1925

Dopson, pitched winning game before arrest.

Holds Warrant Till Pitcher Wins Game, Then Places Him Under Arrest.MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 16.– Deputy Sheriff Harwood Burkhart, of Jefferson county, is a good officer—but a better fan. He went to a baseball game Sunday […]

April 5, 1923

5 Apr 1923

Foul Play is Suspected: Body Burned In Bakerton Shanty

BURNED TO DEATH; FOUL PLAY IS SEEN.Charred Body of Negro Found in Ashes of Shanty. Special Dispatch to The Star.HAGERSTOWN, Md., April 5.– The burning to death of a negro known as “Babe” Carter in his […]

November 23, 1922

23 Nov 1922

Obit: Annie Murphy Welsh

Mrs. Annie Welsh, an estimable resident of Bakerton, this county, died at her home in that place last Friday night, at the advanced age of 82 years. Mrs. Welsh was a devout Catholic, and had a […]

November 2, 1922

2 Nov 1922

Homes & Home Building, Knott.

HOMES AND HOME BUILDING.By J. O. Knott. Standing once more in the front yard of the hold home in Jefferson county and looking towards the mountain rim to the east which marks off the horizon and […]

August 10, 1922

10 Aug 1922

Knight, Left Leg Broken at Quarry

Left Leg Broken. Frank Knight, 21, of Gargon [Dargan], near Sharpsburg, who is employed at the Bakerton Cement and Lime Company, Bakerton, W. Va., had his left foot mashed and left leg broken when a hauling […]

July 28, 1922

28 Jul 1922

C. D. Carter Store Burns, Loss of $25k

Store Burns At Bakerton Loss $25,000 There was a destructive fire at Bakerton, Jefferson county, early Tuesday morning when the general merchandise store of C. D. Carter was entirely destroyed, together with the big stock of […]

July 20, 1922

20 Jul 1922

Jerome Lewis, Arrested.

Harry Lapole and Jerome Lewis were held under $500 bond each for the action of the Federal grand jury by U. S. Commissioner Alexander Hagner in Hagerstown last Monday, on the charge act. Both men gave […]

July 11, 1922

11 Jul 1922

Bakerton wins 8-2, Shenandoah Jct.

New Notes From Shenandoah Jct. Shenandoah Junction, July 11.– Mr. H. J. Boyd, of Bridgeport, Conn. and Mr. C. W. Myers and family left Monday on a long motor trip to the eastern shores. They expect […]

May 23, 1922

23 May 1922

Bakerton couple Welsh, Manuel Married

A Bakerton Couple. Mr. Walter Lee Manuel and Miss Essie F. Welch, both of Bakerton, Jefferson county, were married in Charles Town Wednesday at the Jefferson Hotel by Rev. J. C. Hawk, pastor of the Methodist […]

February 2, 1922

2 Feb 1922

Obituary: Carrie B. Caton

Mrs. Carrie B. Caton, wife of Walter Caton and daughter of James P. Staley, of this vicinity, died last Saturday in the King’s Daughters’ Hospital in Martinsburg, following a surgical operation performed several days previously. Mrs. […]

February 2, 1922

2 Feb 1922

Funeral Services, Mrs. Walter Caton

Walter Caton and family wish to express their grateful thanks to the friends who were so kind and helpful during the illness and upon the occasion of the death of Mrs. Caton. Rev. J. E. Guy, […]

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